"The philosophy of Sinne’s Yoga Clothing Line: www.ki-shirts.com is Ki: (in Japanese) or Chi (in Chinese) - the life force or energy."
Sinne
Mutsaers
Born in Los Angeles to an American mother and Dutch father, Sinne Mutsaers’ family then moved to Nigeria when she was three weeks until she was a little over one year old. From there, the family moved to Rome, Italy, for the remainder of Mutsaers’ childhood.
She atendend college in Los Angeles and then started working in film. During this period, she worked in the college’s art department and as an actress in independent films, commercials and music videos. In 1998, Mutsaers was hired by an Italian leather company to design a women's collection. She then moved to Amsterdam to work on commercials and music videos as a production designer.
Mutsaers moved to Bali to relax for a year. While there, she volunteered at the Bamboo Foundation established by Linda Garland. As a vounteer, Mutsaers promoted the renewable resource bamboo as a green alternative to wood. She also worked in Timor, helping women to overcome war and hardships while they maintained their cultural weaving skills. This project was designed to help the women support themselves by producing small woven goods to sell in the west. Also while in Bali, Mutsaers started a new collection of leather clothing called “Sinne” that was distributed in California and featured on TV shows like Friends.
About KI
Ki (in Japanese) or Chi (in Chinese) is the life-force or energy. Ki's quality and flow relate to our feeling of well- being and health, both on a physical and emotional level. Through working with our Ki, we can positively influence our energy levels, blood circualtion and emotional imbalance: By working with the body we are affecting the mind.
Fashion & Costume Designer and Actress Background Story of SINNE MUTSAERS
After her year in Bali, Mutsaers moved to Sydney to work as a production designer. There, she also acted in a few commercials and short films while she continued to work on her Sinne Leather designs.
During the Sydney’s winter, Mutsaers visited her family in Rome. For family reasons, she decided to stay in Rome for awhile and began to reconsider her choices. Realizing that fashion needed to become more organic, she designed Ki-Shirts. The shirts are made from organic cotton and label certain pressure points to help wearers locate the most common points needing stimulation, to heal head aches, stomache aches and other distressing ailments. The Ki- Shirt line became very popular and has expanded to a yoga collection.
Mutsaers now lives in Los Angeles, where she continues to work on her fashion designs. She also occasionally acts in films and commercials and works on costume design.